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All those people are a subset of people in general who were very good at free soloing. Almost everyone is not part of that group. That's a reasonable argument t

by Vecr 3y ago

All those people are a subset of people in general who were very good at free soloing. Almost everyone is not part of that group. That's a reasonable argument that it's possible to free solo hard routes multiple times if you are very good at doing so, but it's not a good argument that you should start free soloing. That said I've done some stupid things while hiking that I guess are sort of like free soloing, but on only somewhat inclined surfaces (30-40 degrees? I can't really remember if it was that high) that were only dangerous because of ice or slippery leaves.

Fricken 3y ago
The best argument against free soloing is free soloing. Mortals don't usually get very far before it puts the fear of God in them. The one's who do are wired different, and are outliers even within the climbing community. Myself, I'm a bit stupider. I soloed several radio towers as a teen, and have done my share of questionable scrambling, but I didn't get very far at all with free soloing proper before I started to experience PTSD-like symptoms, and stopped.